Carnival Tickets

I'm not sure how or if I'm going to participate in this yet, but I thought some of you might like to know that Angry Black Woman is holding a Carnival of Allies in the second or third week of May, in which people who benefit from some kind of discrimination or prejudice take a few minutes out of their busy blogging schedule to explain to other people like themselves how that benefit works.

Or in her own words:

Is it easier to understand oppression, to move past guilt and on to useful dialogue, etc., if the person explaining these things to you in-depth is a person like yourself? White or male or straight or Christian or whatever? I don’t know. But as this is the Internet, it should be easy to figure out.

I call a Carnival. The Carnival of Allies. Where self-identified allies write to other people like themselves about why this or that oppression and prejudice is wrong. Why they are allies. Why the usual excuses are not good enough. I figure allies probably know full well all the many and various arguments people throw up to make prejudice and oppression okay. Things that someone on the other side of the fence may not hear. Address those things and more besides.

And when I say allies, I’m talking about any and every type. PoC can be (and should be) allies to other PoC, or to LGBTQ people if they are straight, or any number of other combinations. If you feel like you’re an ally and have something to say about that, you should submit to this carnival.

I know a lot of you care about social justice issues and would like to read the submissions even if you can't participate, or at least I think you would.

Posted by Andrea at April 14, 2008 7:35 AM under The World

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